My Many Sons

My Many Sons tells the true story of Don Meyer (played by Judge Reinhold), the “winningest coach that nobody knew.” In 2009 Don Meyer passed Bobby Knight’s NCAA winning record and held it until 2012. Coach Meyer’s dedication and work ethic helped put Lipscomb University on the map and because of him, they were able to move up to division one basketball. Despite the university offering to double his salary, coach Meyer refused to coach division one basketball since he was investing more into the students than basketball skills.

Besides teaching the students valuable basketball maneuvers, he taught them to be accountable, respectable and to clean up after themselves and to pick up litter. Like many coaches, Don threw verbal taunts like calling them numb nuts. No other foul language was used in this film though. On a few occasions he got physical with them and had to apologize for his actions. He was not an easy man to get along with and was known for culling the weak links from his team relatively quickly. After his first month at Northern University in South Dakota, Don only had seven players left on his team!

Though his team didn’t lose very often, they found out that coach Meyer took to their losses pretty well. He didn’t rub it in any further since they did a pretty good enough of a job to themselves. Don promised to be there for his students when things got rough and he kept his promise. During his near fatal car accident, his students return the favor and visited while he was recuperating in the hospital for nearly two months. When he was released, he showed up at work the next morning!

While not perfect by any means, Don Meyer was a faithful and self-less man that wasn’t shy about his faith and work ethic. He has touched the lives of many and his story is a good one that’s worth seeing. Even though I’m not into basketball, I enjoyed this sports-themed movie that tells a great story of perseverance. This ninety-eight minute film can be yours for less than $12 on Amazon.

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